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others: four or five of the exterior ones orange- 

 yellow in the middle part, with white tips: tail 

 strongly cuneated, and tipped with white, except 

 on the two middle feathers : bill and legs black. 

 Native of New South Wales. 



BLACK-EARED BEE-EATER. 



Merops auritus. M. corpore supra rufo, subtus albido, striga pone 

 oculos remigibus rectricibusqitc nigris. Lath. ind. orn. suppl. 



Rufous Bee-Eater, whitish beneath, with black eye-stripe, wings 

 and tail. 



Black-eared Bee-Eater. Lath. syn. suppl. 2. 



LENGTH about seven inches: bill and legs brown: 

 colour of the upper parts pale rufous brown: quill- 

 feathers black: tail dusky: colour of the under parts 

 white, the abdomen and thighs spotted with black: 

 and behind each eye is a broad, black, pointed 

 streak. Native of New Holland. 



RED-HEADED BEE-EATER. 



V i '- V - :;. ?- * )' r 



Merops erythrocephalus. M. viridis, subtusjlavicans, capite rubro, 



fascia oculari nigra, gula lutea. 

 Green Bee-Eater, yellowish beneath, with red head, black eye- 



stripe, and yellow throat. 

 Apiaster Indicus erythrocephalus. Briss. ois. 

 Guepier a tete rouge. Buff. ois. 

 Red-headed Bee-Eater. Lath. 



A SMALL species, described by Brisson from a 

 drawing by Monsr. Poivre. Length six inches : 



